Essays about: "agriculture and food security in africa"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words agriculture and food security in africa.

  1. 6. Climate change effects on the sub-Saharan agriculture- a case study in Kenya on maize growth and adaptation options

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Alessia Signorelli; [2019]
    Keywords : physical geography; sub-saharan africa; agriculture; maize; climate change; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change is progressively advancing, and is affecting the entire globe, with some areas more vulnerable than others. Among them, the sub-Saharan Africa, with a very low adaptive capacity, mainly relies on one economic sector: agriculture. Due to its high climate-dependency, agriculture is at elevated risk. READ MORE

  3. 7. Water management for agriculture under a changing climate: case study of Nyagatare watershed in Rwanda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Madeleine Green; [2019]
    Keywords : climate change; hydrological model; SWAT; CROPWAT; Nyagatare; Rwanda; marshland; watershed; climate model; irrigation; rice crop;

    Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa is today facing a big challenge regarding food deficiency and water scarcity due to climate change. One of these countries is Rwanda, a small landlocked country in the middle of Africa. Rwanda strongly depend on agriculture, both in the aspect of reducing poverty and hunger but also because their economy security depend on it. READ MORE

  4. 8. Knocking on the door : a study on nutritional education and women’s empowerment on household level in rural Tanzania

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Therese Strimell Flodqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : gender; women´s empowerment; decision making; intra-household bargaining; nutritional education; scale–N;

    Abstract : In Sub-Saharan Africa, food is often prepared by women, by mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters or sisters-in-law. Despite their crucial role in household food security women in developing countries are generally disempowered and they have low decision-making power. READ MORE

  5. 9. New methods for seed potato production: an investigation into the production and farmer uptake of mini tubers in South Africa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Alba Sáez Fernández; [2018]
    Keywords : mini-tubers; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Leaf Area Index; small-scale farming;

    Abstract : Potatoes are by far the most produced fresh vegetable crop in South Africa. Remarkably, potato sales represent more than 30% of the turnover in the Fresh Produce Markets (FPM). READ MORE

  6. 10. Food supply in rural Ethiopia : food security in former agroforestry homegardens in Wondo Genet

    University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

    Author : Helena Jonsson; [2018]
    Keywords : agriculture; forestry; Africa;

    Abstract : The purpose of this report is to get an insight in how food security for individual farming households will change depending on their choice of production. Furthermore, to study how the food supply in the local market has changed due to the transition of farming practices in surrounding farms. READ MORE